Sobol''s sensitivity analysis for a distributed hydrological model of Yichun River Basin, China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 480, Issue , 2013, Pages 58-68

  Zhang, Chi ^a   Chu, Jinggang ^a   Fu, Guangtao ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate conditions; Hydrological metrics; Hydrological modeling; Sensitivity analysis; Sobol''s method; SWAT

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITION; HYDROLOGICAL METRICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SOBOL''S METHOD; SWAT;

CATCHMENTS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; WATERSHEDS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; RIVER BASIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER BUDGET;

CHINA; HEILONGJIANG; YICHUN;

EID: 84872661090     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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